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enHow to Create a Quiz on Your Machttp://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_create_quiz_your_mac
<!--paging_filter--><p>Improving your Numbers skillset can take some effort, but with this tutorial we can have a little fun at the same time. We’re going to design an interactive quiz you can use just for kicks or for educational purposes, then share it with friends and family — and it'll let you brush up on some spreadsheet techniques as well.</p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_main_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>Our basic quiz lets you ask a series of questions — some with accompanying sounds, photos or even movie clips — so you can invite players to select the correct answer from a drop-down menu. If they answer correctly they score a point, and a final tally (along with a rating) is kept at the bottom. All that leaves you with is the job of populating the Welcome sheet with your quiz’s title, plus some introductory text.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>1. Get Started</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_1_0.png" width="620" height="230" /></p><p>Create a blank workbook in Numbers. Click "+" next to Sheet 1 to create a second sheet. Rename Sheet 1 to “Welcome” and Sheet 2 to “Questions” by right clicking on the sheet names. Save, then switch to Questions. Resize the table to five columns, then resize each column as shown, with A as the widest.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>2. Set up Headers</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_2_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>Click Format in the upper-right corner to show the Format Inspector, then set the row headers to 0. Next, type “Question” into cell A1, “Select your answer here” into B1, “Correct?” into C1 and “Score” into D1. Type “Answer” into E1. Select the header row and style it using the Format Inspector’s Text tab.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>3. Add Choices</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_3_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>Type a question into A2, then select B2. On the Cell tab on the Format Inspector, change Data Format to Pop-Up Menu. Enter possible answers by double-clicking an item to rename it, or tap + for a new one. Click the Start With First Item menu and change to Start with Blank.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>4. Answers and Formulas</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_4_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>Type the correct answer into cell E2, making sure it matches the answer in the pop-up menu in B2. Select cell C2, enter the formula “=IF(B2=E2, “Yes”, “No”)” and click the green check button. Type “=IF(C2=”Yes”, 1, 0)” into D2 and click the check mark.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>5. Test the Formulas</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_5_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>To make sure the formulas are correct, select B2, click the drop-down menu and choose an incorrect answer. You should see “No” and “0” appear in cells C2 and D2. Select the correct answer — the cells should update to “Yes” and “1.” Once verified, set the menu back to blank.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>6. Add More Questions</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_6.png" width="620" height="388" /></p><p>Repeat the steps for the second question. When you come to fill in C3, select C2 and press Command + C to copy. Next, select C3 and press Command + V to paste in the formula, which is automatically updated to apply to the current question. Repeat the process for D3 using D2. Use the same steps for additional questions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>7. Use Multimedia</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_7_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>You can insert sound, movies, and photos into your quiz by using the Media button or by dragging files from a Finder window into Numbers. Take care with photos — if you drag them onto a cell they embed as a background. Resize the row to accommodate the media object.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>8. Set up Scoring</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_8_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>After setting up all the questions and answers, at the bottom, type “SCORE” into the next available cell in column C. Type “=SUM” into the adjacent cell in column D and select cells in column D from D2 down to the final question for the total score. Select a cell in column E and, from the top menu bar, choose Table &gt; Hide Column.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>9. Final Result</strong></p><p><img src="/files/u332541/2014/10/howtoquiz_9_0.png" width="620" height="389" /></p><p>Add a rating for the player based on their score. Type the formula into the cell beneath the score, adapting for the number of questions and the cell the score is in. For example, if the final score tally is in D12, enter: “=IF(D12&lt;4, “Poor”, IF(D12&lt;7, “Okay”, IF(D12&lt;10, “Very good”, “Perfect!”)))”</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_create_quiz_your_mac#commentsNumbersquizTipstricksTutorialMacHow-TosTue, 21 Oct 2014 21:35:41 +0000Nick Peers20822 at http://www.maclife.comHow to Add Quizzes to Your iBookhttp://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_add_quizzes_your_ibook
<!--paging_filter--><h3>Put together a series of questions to feature in an iBooks Author creation</h3><p>As well as providing a simple and effective route into publishing an ebook, iBooks Author has a number of tricks up its sleeve to make your titles truly stand out. One such trick is its Review widget, available from the Widgets menu. This offers publishers the chance to include tests within the pages of their book to help readers learn or recap topics covered. While these tests are mainly useful for textbooks and other educational materials, the question styles provide a number of possibilities, and are easy to implement.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/files/u307916/2012/Online/MacFormatHowTos/ibooksquiz.jpg" width="620" height="452" /></p><p>In this tutorial we’re going to show you how to add a Review widget to your iBooks Author project. We’ll then show you how to add questions, set the answers to those questions and then preview them on your iPad. There are a number of question styles available in iBooks Author, such as standard multiple choice text questions, visual multiple-choice questions and image-based questions where answers can be dragged to specific points in a picture. This provides flexibility in the type of tests you can create, since you can use any image as part of your questions. You’re also free to include up to six possible answers for each question to make things as difficult as you wish. <br /><br />When readers view your test, it can be opened in a full-screen view or simply used as it is on the page. Answers can then be checked for each question or provided as a score at the end of the test. This can be handy to help readers retain information and check that they have understood concepts from the previous chapter or your whole book. <br /><br />To follow this guide, simply add a new page to an existing iBooks Author project or start a new project and test out the Review widget that way. Let’s get started.</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_add_quizzes_your_ibook#commentsebookebooksibooksiBooks 2iBooks AuthorquiziPadMacHow-TosGalleryThu, 22 Mar 2012 17:17:38 +0000Ben Harvell13608 at http://www.maclife.comYou Don't Know Jack HD Reviewhttp://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/you_dont_know_jack_hd_review
<!--paging_filter--><p>Most of the time, a one-person party just isn’t a party -- at least not a fun one. And sadly, that’s true with the iOS version of You Don’t Know Jack, which pretty much ruins an otherwise wonderful, evilly clever game by forcing it into a single-player-only coffin.</p><p><img src="/files/u18/2011/06/0624-ydnj-open-400.jpg" width="400" height="533" /></p><p>The You Don’t Know Jack series has been around forever, debuting on Macs back in 1995. A quiz-show game, it quickly became beloved for its genius combo of snarky, modern humor and tricky, intelligent trivia…then spawned a slew of forgettable sequels and faded away for a few years. It came roaring back in 2011 with an inspired new version for PCs and videogame consoles, so we were thrilled to see our Apple gear get some love at last with an iOS app.</p><p>Which is probably why it was such a blow to learn that this version of Jack supports no multiplayer -- no local Wi-Fi, no same screen, no nothing. See, the fun of Jack comes from gathering a few friends to laugh at the game’s wicked, wicked humor and then compete fiercely to answer its surprisingly intelligent trivia questions. Playing by yourself is like playing poker or quarters alone -- you can do it, sure, but most of us will prefer the company of friends to enjoy those games as they were intended to be enjoyed. Why would developer Jellyvision not make this game shine by including some kind of online multiplayer, or at least a huddle-around-the-iPad-and-buzz-in option?</p><p>It’s a mystery, and one that crushes an otherwise terrific presentation. (They promise they're working on it, but it should have been here from the beginning.) The questions are as awesome as ever; we never expected it to be hard to suss out whether a list presented the names of Britney Spears songs or dead popes, but maybe we were laughing too hard to think straight. Announcer Cookie Masterson’s deranged delivery keeps the show humming along perfectly, and the questions mix the academic and the asinine as wonderfully as always.</p><p><strong>The bottom line. </strong>We love You Don’t Know Jack, but this iOS version delivers only a small, sad sliver of what makes this series so terrific. So skip it and try the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version, or drop Jellyvision a line and remind them that, given their roots, they really should’ve made a Mac version in the first place!</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-the-bottom-line"><legend>Review Synopsis</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-product">
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http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/you_dont_know_jack_hd_review#commentsGalleryReviewsapp store reviewsAppLifeAppsGamesipad gamesiPod and iPhoneJellyvisionquizSoftwaretriviaiPadiPhoneiPodGamesSat, 25 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0000Paul Curthoys11502 at http://www.maclife.com